bigip_policy_rule – Manage LTM policy rules on a BIG-IP

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

• This module will manage LTM policy rules on a BIG-IP.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• BIG-IP >= v12.1.0

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
actions list			The actions that you want the policy rule to perform. The available attributes vary by the action, however, each action requires that a type be specified. These conditions can be specified in any order. Despite them being a list, the BIG-IP does not treat their order as anything special.
	asm_policy string		ASM policy to enable. This parameter is only valid with the enable type.
	location string		The new URL for which a redirect response will be sent. A Tcl command substitution can be used for this field.
	pool string		Pool that you want to forward traffic to. This parameter is only valid with the forward type.
	type string / required	Choices: forward enable ignore redirect	The action type. This value controls what below options are required. When type is forward, will associate a given pool, or virtual with this rule. When type is enable, will associate a given asm_policy with this rule. When type is ignore, will remove all existing actions from this rule. When type is redirect, will redirect an HTTP request to a different URL.
	virtual string		Virtual Server that you want to forward traffic to. This parameter is only valid with the forward type.
conditions list			A list of attributes that describe the condition. See suboptions for details on how to construct each list entry. The ordering of this list is important, the module will ensure the order is kept when modifying the task. The suboption options listed below are not required for all condition types, read the description for more details. These conditions can be specified in any order. Despite them being a list, the BIG-IP does not treat their order as anything special.
	host_begins_with_any string		A list of strings of characters that the HTTP Host should start with. This parameter is only valid with the http_host type.
	host_is_any string		A list of strings of characters that the HTTP Host should match. This parameter is only valid with the http_host type.
	path_begins_with_any string		A list of strings of characters that the HTTP URI should start with. This parameter is only valid with the http_uri type.
	type string / required	Choices: http_uri all_traffic http_host	The condition type. This value controls what below options are required. When type is http_uri, will associate a given path_begins_with_any list of strings with which the HTTP URI should begin with. Any item in the list will provide a match. When type is all_traffic, will remove all existing conditions from this rule.
description string			Description of the policy rule.
name string / required			The name of the rule.
partition string		Default: "Common"	Device partition to manage resources on.
policy string / required			The name of the policy that you want to associate this rule with.
provider dictionary added in 2.5			A dict object containing connection details.
	auth_provider string		Configures the auth provider for to obtain authentication tokens from the remote device. This option is really used when working with BIG-IQ devices.
	password string / required		The password for the user account used to connect to the BIG-IP. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_PASSWORD. aliases: pass, pwd
	server string / required		The BIG-IP host. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER.
	server_port integer	Default: 443	The BIG-IP server port. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_SERVER_PORT.
	ssh_keyfile path		Specifies the SSH keyfile to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for cli transports. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE.
	timeout integer		Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
	transport string	Choices: cli rest ←	Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device.
	user string / required		The username to connect to the BIG-IP with. This user must have administrative privileges on the device. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_USER.
	validate_certs boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If no, SSL certificates are not validated. Use this only on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. You may omit this option by setting the environment variable F5_VALIDATE_CERTS.
state string		Choices: present ← absent	When present, ensures that the key is uploaded to the device. When absent, ensures that the key is removed from the device. If the key is currently in use, the module will not be able to remove the key.

Notes

Note

• For more information on using Ansible to manage F5 Networks devices see https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/f5.
• Requires BIG-IP software version >= 12.
• The F5 modules only manipulate the running configuration of the F5 product. To ensure that BIG-IP specific configuration persists to disk, be sure to include at least one task that uses the bigip_config module to save the running configuration. Refer to the module’s documentation for the correct usage of the module to save your running configuration.

Examples

- name: Create policies
  bigip_policy:
    name: Policy-Foo
    state: present
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add a rule to the new policy
  bigip_policy_rule:
    policy: Policy-Foo
    name: rule3
    conditions:
      - type: http_uri
        path_begins_with_any: /ABC
    actions:
      - type: forward
        pool: pool-svrs
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add multiple rules to the new policy
  bigip_policy_rule:
    policy: Policy-Foo
    name: "{{ item.name }}"
    conditions: "{{ item.conditions }}"
    actions: "{{ item.actions }}"
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost
  loop:
    - name: rule1
      actions:
        - type: forward
          pool: pool-svrs
      conditions:
        - type: http_uri
          path_starts_with: /euro
    - name: rule2
      actions:
        - type: forward
          pool: pool-svrs
      conditions:
        - type: http_uri
          path_starts_with: /HomePage/

- name: Remove all rules and conditions from the rule
  bigip_policy_rule:
    policy: Policy-Foo
    name: rule1
    conditions:
      - type: all_traffic
    actions:
      - type: ignore
    provider:
      server: lb.mydomain.com
      user: admin
      password: secret
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key		Returned	Description
actions complex		changed	The new list of actions applied to the rule Sample: hash/dictionary of values
	pool string	changed	Pool for forward to Sample: foo-pool
	type string	changed	The action type Sample: forward
conditions complex		changed	The new list of conditions applied to the rule. Sample: hash/dictionary of values
	path_begins_with_any list	changed	List of strings that the URI begins with. Sample: ['foo', 'bar']
	type string	changed	The condition type. Sample: http_uri
description string		changed	The new description of the rule. Sample: My rule

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by an Ansible Partner. [certified]

Authors

• Tim Rupp (@caphrim007)
• Wojciech Wypior (@wojtek0806)

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